Surgical Furniture

On November 12, 2007, Midmark Corporation formally announced the acquisition of European Design, Inc., a premier manufacturer of medical furniture and medical cabinets specifically designed for dentists and oral surgery professionals.  European Design is located in Glasgow, Kentucky, and was rated the 12^th fastest growing company in the wood industry by Wood & Wood Products magazine.

Midmark, which purchased the Ritter line of medical equipment in 1986, is a leading manufacturer high quality surgical tables, manual examination tables, surgical chairs and surgical lights. They currently market products under the brands of Midmark, Ritter and Midmark Ritter medical equipment.  The company’s line of medical furniture already includes a selection of dental casework, which it will continue to manufacture and market.  The European Design cabinets will be added to the existing product line to expand its offering of dental equipment. This acquisition positions Midmark as the company with the most complete offering of cabinets available to the dental professional.

European Design, which employs approximately 50 people, will remain in Glasgow at this time.  Midmark Corporation is headquartered in Versailles, Ohio, with subsidiaries in Torrance, California; Orchard Park, New York; and Ernee, France.

Midmark is buying back physicians' manual exam tables as health care providers upgrade to what is quickly becoming the new industry standard for efficient patient care: Barrier-Free™ exam tables. Many physicians are equipping their offices with at least one of these accessible tables, which enable patients to easily get on and off the exam tables with little or no help, increasing efficiency, safety and comfort in the exam room for the physician, staff and patient. Equipping a practice with Barrier-Free tables also helps protect the practice from disability complaints and lawsuits. As part of Midmark's Barrier- Free promotion, physicians who purchase a Midmark or Ritter Barrier-Free exam table between October 1, 2006 and November 30, 2006, and take delivery by December 31, 2006, can request that Midmark purchase their old examination table for $750.